Sir, —I read with interest Jim Fitzpatrick’s recollections of meeting Che Guevara in Kilkee in 1962 in your July/August 2008 issue. He mentioned that, according to folklore, another visit to the region saw Guevara locked into Hanratty’s pub in Limerick. A brief article, written by Arthur Quinlan, appeared in the Limerick Leader on 15 March … Read more
Sir, —The July/August issue (Ireland and Latin America) was my firstencounter with your magazine and I enjoyed it very much, especially thearticles on Che and Cuba. However, Paddy Woodworth’s ‘Pinochet and me’made me uneasy as I felt that there was too much subjectivity and notenough objectivity. [It was billed as a ‘memoir’—Ed.] Sixty-four percent of … Read more
Sir, —As a leading Kilkee historian, I was surprised and disappointed to see the old canard of Jim Fitzpatrick having met with Che Guevara at the Marine Hotel, Kilkee, Co. Clare, ‘in the summer of 1962’ (HI 16.4, July/August 2008) publicised yet again. As the entire world knows, Che made only one brief visit to … Read more
Subcommander Marcos: the man and the mask Nick Henck (Duke University Press, $25) ISBN 9780822339953On 1 January 1994 an indigenous rebel army occupied several towns in south-east Mexico, launching an uprising against the government. They came out of nowhere and announced their intention to advance towards Mexico City to overthrow the corrupt regime. The Zapatista … Read more
Contemporary Latin America Ronaldo Munck (Palgrave McMillan, £52.50) ISBN 9780230514942 Given the rapid changes taking place in the continent and wider developments in the global political economy, attempting to capture the reality of contemporary Latin America is a challenging task. The end of the Cold War and the rise of China have combined to create … Read more